Rising Talent Recruitment is delighted to be working with an established manufacturing business who are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Buyer to join their purchasing team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, building strong supplier relationships and taking ownership of purchasing activities.
Supporting operations across three sites, you'll play a key role in ensuring material availability, managing supplier performance and driving improvements across the purchasing function.
This isn't a role for someone simply looking to take the next step into senior purchasing. Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Buyer who can hit the ground running, confidently manage a supplier portfolio and deal with the challenges that come with a busy manufacturing environment.
What you'll be doing:
- Managing a portfolio of suppliers and commodities across three manufacturing sites.
- Taking ownership of purchasing activities, ensuring materials are available to meet production and customer demand.
- Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships, negotiating pricing, lead times and commercial terms.
- Working closely with Planning, Operations and Customer Service to manage changing requirements.
- Proactively identifying and resolving material shortages, supplier delays and supply chain risks.
- Managing inventory levels, balancing stock availability with cost and working capital targets.
- Identifying opportunities for cost savings, process improvements and improved supplier performance.
- Maintaining accurate purchasing information within ERP systems.
- Providing support and guidance to junior members of the purchasing team where required.
What we're looking for:
- At least 5 years' experience within a senior purchasing or buying role, ideally within manufacturing.
- Electronics purchasing experience is highly desirable, particularly sourcing electronic components and working with complex bills of materials.
- Strong supplier management, negotiation and commercial skills.
- Experience working with ERP/MRP systems, with Epicor being advantageous.
- A good understanding of material planning, inventory management and supply chain processes.
- Experience working within AS9100 or ISO13485 quality environments would be advantageous.
- Someone who is proactive, organised and confident managing competing priorities.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships both internally and externally.
Why consider this opportunity?
This is a great opportunity to join an established manufacturing business where purchasing plays a vital role in supporting operational performance.
You'll have the opportunity to work across multiple sites, manage a varied supplier portfolio and make a genuine impact on material availability, supplier relationships and procurement improvements.